Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'dross' occurs 10 times in the standard works.

3 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'dross' in the standard works and contain 30% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 1 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 22:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

 22:18 Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.

 22:19 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.




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Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 8 0 8
NT 0 0 0
BM 2 0 2
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 10 0 10

Ps. 119:119
Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.

Prov. 25:4
Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.

Prov. 26:23
Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.

Isa. 1:22
Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:

Isa. 1:25
And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:

Ezek. 22:18
Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.

Ezek. 22:19
Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.

Alma 32:3
Therefore they were not permitted to enter into their synagogues to worship God, being esteemed as filthiness; therefore they were poor; yea, they were esteemed by their brethren as dross; therefore they were poor as to things of the world; and also they were poor in heart.

Alma 34:29
Therefore, if ye do not remember to be charitable, ye are as dross, which the refiners do cast out, (it being of no worth) and is trodden under foot of men.